On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 20:56 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Ahh great. I just don't know my way around Unity yet. Anyway using the same > tool you used before sounds like a good option ;) > > Oh, if things go really badly wrong Ubuntu offers a really neat trick that > not many people know about. You can re-install it without formatting or > over-writing data. You have to re-install the extra programs again (or > remove ones you uninstalled last time) > > On about the 3rd screen of the 11.10 installer (and most releases before that > too) it offers choices such as > "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" (avoid this one!!) or > "Something else" (this is the one) > It scans your drives and shows your partitions in a nice colourful graphical > display. If you chose the wrong option either press the back button or the > link to "Advanced partitioning tool" to get to the same gui. > > You need to set one partition to be / as that is where the OS and programs > go. It needs to be the same partition type as it was before, probably ext4 > or ext3. It is good to have a separate /home partition but that is usually > in the same partition as the / first time you try Gnu&Linux. Note that /home > is a sub-folder inside / and contains user data&settings. > > The important thing is to make sure that the "Format?" column has NO ticks. > If a partition gets formatted it loses all the data it contained. Ubuntu > allows you to install without having any of these ticked. I think it's not > recommended as a fresh install is better but it is possible and seems to work > well :) >
One trick I have been using is to use two different partitions for a base Linux install. The smaller one is the "/" partition and the larger one is /home partition. This allows only updating the OS without affecting the user data. To do this, I select the option to do a custom install during installation. > Regards from > Tom :) > > --- On Tue, 18/10/11, planas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: planas <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 > > (Unity 3D) > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, 18 October, 2011, 18:47 > > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 08:16 -0700, > > chimak111 wrote: > > > > > Hi Tom, thanks for replying. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 > > (Oneiric Ocelot) with > > > Unity 3D. I'd have preferred to have uninstalled it > > via LibreOffice itself > > > but I'll give your suggestion a try and hope I don't > > break anything. > > > > > > I'm not vastly experienced in Linux. So let's see. I > > had installed the "Copy > > > Visible Cells" extension and that has a way to > > disable/remove it from within > > > LibreOffice's Extension Manager. That, in my opinion, > > should be the way to > > > uninstall extensions. > > > > > > -- > > > View this message in context: > > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-3-4-3-on-Ubuntu-11-10-Unity-3D-tp3431366p3431523.html > > > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > > Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 both have Synaptic - at the variants > > I have > > looked at. If not installed, it can be downloaded using the > > Software > > Center. Synaptic provides a GUI for detailed package > > management. > > -- > > Jay Lozier > > [email protected] > > > > -- > > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived > > and cannot be deleted > > > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
